What happened to Baatin of Detroit Slum Village?”
Baatin, a Detroit rapper and member of Detroit rap collective Slum Village, has died. Tim Maynor, tour manager for Slum Village, confirmed his death in an e-mail to MLive. Maynor did not comment any further, only saying his death is “too fresh right now.” News of Baatin’s death spread virally around noon Saturday. A cause of death is not known.
Baatin, who turned 35 in March, had left Slum Village in 2002 amid health problems, but was reported to have returned for tracks on the group’s upcoming album, “Villa Manifesto.” “He was a very spiritual brother,” said Detroiter Khalid el-Hakim, founder of the Black History 101 Mobile Museum. “He brought a spirituality to Detroit hip-hop that you didn’t see with other artists.
Baatin, a Detroit rapper and member of Detroit rap collective Slum Village, has died. Tim Maynor, tour manager for Slum Village, confirmed his death in an e-mail to MLive. Maynor did not comment any further, only saying his death is “too fresh right now.” News of Baatin’s death spread virally around noon Saturday. A cause of death is not known. Baatin, born Titus Glover in 1974, said he started rapping while a student at Pershing High School on Detroit’s east side.
